— Register for a free Worklife account. You can set one up for your family personally or for your business, but there is a limit of one account per household.

— Earn Worklife Rewards when you shop online or in-store at Office Depot. Standard reward rates are 10% back on ink, toner, paper and Copy & Print Services or 1% on most everything else. Occasionally Office Depot will advertise products that generate a much higher than normal reward rate (sometimes even giving you 100% back)

— Worklife Rewards will be deposited into your account within 4-6 weeks of your purchase

— Quarterly you will receive an Office Depot gift card if your Worklife Rewards balance is at least $10. The gift card will be mailed to you and you should receive it within 60 days of the end of a calendar quarter. If your balance is not $10, your earnings will carry forward until you do reach $10.

— Use your Office Depot gift card to make future purchases. But, unlike other office supply programs, if you use your gift card to buy items that should earn you additional Worklife Rewards, you will NOT get the additional Worklife Rewards credited to your account. You can buy sale items, make copies, and print photos using your credit.

Comments

I just read the terms and agreements and it is NOT a credit card; it just a rewards card, similar to Hallmark and Best Buy rewards. As long as you remember to have your card scanned every time you shop, it will track what you purchase and how much. When it is time for the gift cards to be sent out, it will have the total that you have earned.

I made large purchases two weeks in a row using the 100% back items. But when I look at my Worklife Rewards account online all I see is a minimal reward — the regular 1% back + 20% for toner I purchased. But everything other than paper and toner should have been 100% back. I emailed them twice asking about it with no response. Should I be getting on the phone now, or does it take longer for those rewards to show up in your account?

I did call Worklife's Customer Service department today and was told that the additional reward amounts that happen when those special promotions are offered typically don't show up for several weeks after the promotion period ends.

With the help of my students, I've been able to earn a tremendous amount of money for my department with this program. Even in good times, we've never had a budget that approached the amount that I've earned by turning in ink cartridges (over $600). It's good for Office Depot too. When my mother-in-law needed a new computer…I went to Office Depot and I encourage all my friends and colleagues to look there first to reward THEM for this great program. They're now limiting us to 20 cartridges a month, but we're still talking about $300+.